Are Fresia bulbs.

ldeezy, Jan 26, 2:14pm
Are fresia bulbs easy to plant and when does one plant them, i'm not a gardener but do love fresia's please help me someone thanks
fleur59, Jan 26, 2:20pm
They should be in the garden Centres in the next week, if not already.

Easy to plant , plant soon and they flower around Sept in Auckland
ldeezy, Jan 26, 2:47pm
thanku fleur do i just put straight in the ground! or is there a technique thanks again
robyn276, Jan 26, 7:05pm
Points up but if you are not sure plant them on their sides, they find their way up . I plant them in March,
tansey, Jan 30, 7:23pm
Plant around 2.5 to 5cm deep. anytime from now til say early April is ok.
I will be selling some on here in a couple of weeks.
lilyfield, Jan 30, 7:58pm
rule of the thumb -- plant all bulbs twice the depth of their size
gkgirl, Jan 30, 8:10pm
Most the ones I had split babies off very often so it was worth digging them up at the end of a season to give them more room.
I think there's a general rule with bulbs; once the leaves start to die back you can rip em out.

Down here mine were the first bulbs to flower after daffodils.

Also the whitest and creamest ones almost always have a gorgeous smell, some of the supermarket ones do not even though they are very flashy.
mushroom990, Jan 31, 2:38pm
Also the whitest and creamest ones almost always have a gorgeous smell, some of the supermarket ones do not even though they are very flashy.[/quote]

The old, short stemmed ones smell best.
the-archer, Feb 2, 2:07pm
I have some of the old fashioned white ones that smell divine,they seem to grow like a weed and currently are living in a very coarse mixture of gravel,my nana had them in her garden at the beach for years and despite trying to reduce the numbers they fought back!
imagine4, Feb 2, 5:35pm
great.just added you as a favorite
jofes, Feb 21, 2:58am
I have the old fashioned ones and they smell devine. The coloured ones dont seem to smell. Plays havoc with my hay fever but I still plant them :)